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FREDERICK VILLARD, or MOUNT EATON, onto. l

Letters Patent No. 99,982, dated February 15, 1870.

IMPROVED' HAY .'AND MANURE-FORK The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom it may conce-ra:

tion.

he subject of my invention is an implement of novel and simple construction, adapted to be readily converted lfor use either as a horse hay-fork or a manure-fork or scoop.

My improvements consist in a novel modeof' attaching the teeth; the provision of removable handles to adapt the implement for use as 'a manure-fork or scoop ,-a novel constructiouof catch adapted for ilse I in connection with different latches inboth forms of the implement; and the peculiar construction and ar'- rangement of the parts of the'frame and the fork or scoop properv to adapt them for the different uses of the implement, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings- Figurel represents a perspective view of my improved implement adapted for use as a manure-'forkor scoop;

Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same' implement employed asa horse-hay-brk, two positions of the parts being shown respectively in full and dotted lines; t

Figure 3 is a detached perspective view of one of the removable handles of the implement; and

vFigure 4, a similar View of aA portion of the frame of the implement, showing the adaptation for the attachment of thehandles.

Similar letters of reference indicate like-'parts in the several figures..

A A represent the sides of the frame, which may consist of two similar flat wroughtdron bars, bent-into substantially the form represented in figs. 1 and 3, and

B, a cross-barv secured between the rear ends ofthe sides AA, and completing the frame.

C represents thecross-head, and

D D D, the tines or teeth of the proper, which may be of the common vform shown, and mounted on pintles or trunnions c between the sidesA A otthe frame in the usual manner, as represented.

The head O of the fork or scoop is constructed of an irregular rectangular form (represented in iig. 2) in cross-section, its major portion heilig square, or nearly so, and provided on its rear side, at its upper-edge, with a longitudinal flange or abutment, c.

The tines D are constructed for attachment 4to -said fork or scoopnead,*with ,pa-irs of projections, d d', at vtheir upper ends, of substantially the form' represented in iig. 2, adapted'to grasp three sides of the head D at its lower edge, the latterA abutting against the flange c',

vand provided with,tlneadedcylindrical extensions,

passing through it and through plates or clips E on top of the head, where they are secured by nuts d2.

Bolts F, passing through the projection d,the head,

and the plates or clips E at the front edge of the head, and secured by nuts f, complete theattachment.

lhe projections di, lips d* on the projections d, and.A corresponding lips ec on the plates or clipsE, support the head laterally, and prevent splittinff.

G represents a catch pivoted to Vthe cross-bar B of the frzmie, and employed inV connection with a vlatch projecting rigidly from the cross-'head O ofthe fork or scoop-to hold said fork or scoop in a proper position to engage with and support its load. It is connected with the cross-bar B by means of a suitable clip, H, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, pressed down by a spring, I,

which may also project from said clip H, and provided with an arm or treadle, g, projecting rearwardlytherefrom, to enable it,"\vhen theimplement isA employed as amanure-fork or scoop, 'asrepresented in fig. 1, to be elevated by the foot ot' the operator, and at its front end with a perforation, g', for the attachment ot'a cord to elevate it, when the implement isemployed as a horse hay-fork, as represented ing. 2.

The implement, as above described,^is unchanged in its ditferent uses. f

J J', figs. 1 and 2, represent removable latches, ot' different angles, respectively attached to the crosshead D of the fork or scoop by boltsKA K, as the im plement is employed as a manure-fork or scoop, a's

represented invg. 1, or as a horse hay-fork, as repre- -.sented in fig.. 2, being respectively ot' substantially the forms represented, and adapted, by engagement with the spring-catch Gr, to hold the Afork or lscoop in a proper position for the purpose for which employed.

L L', tigs. 1 and 2, represent removableblocks, rel spectively provided with a clevis, l, and la pulley, l', and attachedrespectively between 4the front ends of the sides A A of the frame by b olts M M passing therethrough, as 'the implement is employed for 011e or the .other purpose for which it is adapted, for the.

attachment to ,the implement of a whiietree or an elevating rope respectively.

The iront one of the bolts M'also forms, as employed to attach the-block L', the axis of its pulley l.

N N, ligs. 1 and 3, represent removable handles ,attached to the rear ends of the sides A Aof the frame, when the implement is employed as a manure-fork oi' scoop, as represented in ig.'1. They are ofthe usual form 'foi-.such handles, as shown, are secured by means of pins a attached to their lower ends and entering corresponding sockets a in said sides A, and bolts O passing through. them and said sides into the ends of the cross-bar B, and are preferably adapted to be lush with the projecting portions of said sides by a depres sion ot' the ends thereof', and theprovision of depressions or sockets, n, iig. 3, in their inner faces for the reception of said ends, as represented Nuts P, fig. 4, are let into the endsof the cross-bar B for the reception ot' the bolts 0, and said bolts are adapted, on the removal of the handles N, to adapt the implelnent for use as a horse hay-fork, as represented in iig. 2, to be screwed in, so as to secure the sides A against said 'cross-bar, as shownin fig. 4, to secure said cross-bar in place.l

The nuts P may be inserted through orifices formed in the side of the bar and closed by plugs 1),.as shown.

Q, iig. 2, represents thecustomary elevating rope, and

It, the trip-cord employed in connection with 'the implement when employed as ahorse hay-fork, being applied respectively through the block L' l', and tothe catch G through the perforation g therein, asshown.

The operation of the implement in its diii'erent forms is usual, and will be readilyrunderstood.

'lo convert the implement fronra manure-fork or scoop, as'represented in fig. l, to a horse hay-ibrk, as,-

l'epresented in tig. 2, the bolts B, holding the. handles N, are withdrawn, said handles removed, and the bolts returned to their places and screwed vup ,against the sides ,A theV bolts M M, securing the ,block L l, are

withdrawn, Asaid block removed, L', with its pulley?,

substituted therefor, and said bolts returned to their places; and the bolts K K, attaching the catch J to the cross-bar B, are partially withdrawn, said catch removed', and J substituted therefor, and secured byv said bolts, when, the rope Q being passed through the block'L'` under the pulley Z,`and the trip-cord 'R attached to the lat-ch G by means of the peltbration g', the implement is ready for use in said form.

To convert it from a horse hay-fork to a manurestituted in the former case being removed and those removed applied.

Tile precise details of construction and arrangement vmay be obviously varied without departing from the invention.`

Having thusdescribed my invention,

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1'. In combination with the cross-head C and tines D ofthe fork or scoop, the flange or abutment c', projections d (ll, plates E, bolts E, and nuts d'j; forming the fastening of said tines, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination in the catch G of a combined hay and manure-tink, constructed substantially as `herein `shown aml described, of a perforation, g', for the attachment of a trip-cord, and a treadle, g, through whichI to operate it in the respective uses of the implement, as herein set forth.

3.A The. frame A, as constructed of the form represented, and provided with the sockets a and.: bolts O, arranged as shown and described, to adapt it for the reception ofu'emovable handles, as set t'ort-h.

pins n, pertbrations forthe reception ot' attaching bolts O, and cavities a', formed and arranged as set forth, to adapt them for attachment.

5'. 1n combination with the frame A B, fork or scoop C D, and opening catch G g g', the. removable 4latch J,.reinovable clevis-block L l, and removable handles N N, substantiallyas shown and described, for the purpose settortb. v

6. In combination with the frame A B, fork or scoop C D, and spring-catch G ,1/ g', the removable latch Jand removable pulley-block L l,substanta1ly as shown and described, for the'pnrpose set forth.

' FREDERICK VILLARD.

Vitnesses Gemeen REX, Y J, H. CAnn.

4. The handles N as 'constructed with the axial 

